RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C-

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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders let Mondon Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a C-.

by Cuda2183 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B

The board owed the Raiders one, and it paid up: Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 100 name on the board, sitting there at No. 212 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Reaching for Rourke left real value on the table behind him. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Hit on Tre Harris and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 26
In No. 30 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Benjamin Morrison · CB · rank 47
Benjamin Morrison at the Round 2 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 84
Donovan Jackson at Round 2, Pick 24 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 48
They let Xavier Watts come to them and pounced at pick 62. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 42
You do not let a running back like Dylan Sampson reach pick No. 68 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 133
Kurtis Rourke in the 73rd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 65
Demetrius Knight Jr. in the 106th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.5 · Pick 142 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 173
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 142 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 206
A big swing on Seth McLaughlin at slot 178, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 100
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in pick No. 212 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 110
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.6 · Pick 222 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 190
Circle this one: Jordan Hancock at Round 7, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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